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Scott Hamilton on rebound from cancer

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American skating icon Scott Hamilton speaks to the media during a media availability for Kaleidoscope, at the Verizon Center in Washington on November 16, 2009. Kaleidoscope is a holiday variety special featuring Olympic skating champions and Grammy Award-winning artist coming together to celebrate women cancer survivors. The show will air on Thanksgiving. UPI/Kevin Dietsch 
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Published: Nov. 27, 2010 at 12:49 PM

FRANKLIN, Tenn., Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Olympic skating champion Scott Hamilton says he is getting as back to normal as possible as he recovers in Tennessee from brain tumor surgery earlier this year.

The 52-year-old Hamilton raised more than $1 million for cancer research this month despite being on the mend for surgery on both the tumor and a later aneurysm that cost him much of the sight in his right eye.

"I tried to stay positive through all this," Hamilton told People magazine. "But in the back of my mind, I felt, 'I'm getting knocked down and I'm not sure if I can get back up.'"

Country singer Brad Paisley, a longtime friend of Hamilton, told People, "He's a hero to me in the way he handles adversity and his positive outlook on life, no matter the circumstances."

Hamilton's brain tumor was his third bout with cancer, People said Saturday.

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